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Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Founded 2011
Region CAF (Africa)
Number of teams 8
Current champions  Nigeria
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)  Gabon
 Nigeria
(1 title each)
Website CAFOnline.com
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

The Total Africa U-23 Cup of Nations (known as the CAF U-23 Championship until 2015) is the main international football competition for CAF nations, played by under 23 years old players. It is held every four years with the top three teams qualifying automatically to the Olympic Games and the fourth placed finisher playing in a play-off against a team from the Asian Football Confederation.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the CAF U-23 Championship to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Due to this sponsorship, the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations is named "Total Africa U-23 Cup of Nations".


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